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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, provides a post-Hurricane Melissa update in a Ministerial Statement during Friday’s (January 23) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

Education Ministry Announces Full Resumption of Schools Post-Hurricane Melissa

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has announced that all schools resumed full operations as of January 14, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, in...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Electronic Document Preparation and Management (EDPM) and Customer Engagement Laboratory at Stony Hill Technical High School in St. Andrew on January 9. Joining her are State Minister in the Ministry of National Security and Peace and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (second right), along with other stakeholders.

Technical High Schools Being Outfitted With Digitisation Labs

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right), engages with Bustamante High School students, during the handover of renovated and expanded information communications technology (ICT) facilities at the institution in Clarendon on Thursday (Jan. 15).

Bustamante High School Gets Modern ICT Labs

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth & Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (second left), engages HEART/NSTA Trust trainees (from third left) James Hamilton, André Bender and Kevaughn Williams, during the handover ceremony for the Trust’s Region 1 National Development Project, at the Jamaica Society for the Blind in Kingston, on Thursday (January 15). Also pictured are Chairman of the Jamaica Society for the Blind, Damion McLean and Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton.

Youth in the West to Be Equipped with Construction Skills Through BRIDGE Initiative

Acting Chief Education Officer, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle, gives an update on the education sector at a post-Cabinet press briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston, on Wednesday (January 14).

All Schools Operational

Acting Chief Education Officer, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle, provides an update on the education sector during a post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston, on Wednesday (January 14).

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Changes to Administration of PEP to Accommodate Students Impacted by Hurricane Melissa

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has announced several changes to the administration of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), to accommodate students impacted by the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October. The Ministry has also modified the National Standards Curriculum, which is used in primary-level institutions and up to the grade-nine level. Acting Chief Education Officer, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle,...

Regional Director for Region Five in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Susan Nelson Smith.

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Psychosocial and Learning Loss Interventions Bolster Region Five’s Post-Hurricane Education Recovery

Psychosocial support and targeted learning-loss interventions have served as central pillars of the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information’s recovery effort in Region Five in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Regional Director, Susan Nelson Smith, told JIS News that emotional well-being was prioritised before and during the reopening of schools. She noted that the initiative was first implemented among...

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$10m EDPM and Customer Engagement Lab Commissioned at Stony Hill Technical High

Students at Stony Hill Technical High School in St. Andrew are now benefiting from enhanced access to digital training and workplace-ready skills, following the official opening of an Electronic Document Preparation and Management (EDPM) and Customer Engagement Laboratory at the institution. The facility, valued more than $10 million, was commissioned on Friday (January 9) and represents a major investment by...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Delano Seiveright, addresses graduates at the Central Jamaica Social Development Initiative (CJSDI) training programme graduation ceremony, held at the Golf View Hotel in Manchester, on Sunday, December 14.

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Scores of Young People Graduate from Training Programmes Implemented by CJSDI

More than 150 young Jamaicans celebrated a major milestone on Sunday, December 14 as they graduated from training programmes implemented by the Central Jamaica Social Development Initiative (CJSDI), at the Golf View Hotel in Manchester. The CJSDI partnered with the HEART/NSTA Trust, St. John Bosco Vocational Training Centre, the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), and the Golf View and Tropics...

National Coordinator, School Safety and Security Branch in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Richard Troupe (left), looks on as Principal, Haile Selassie High School, Anniona Jones (right) points out something of interest, during a break from a recent conflict resolution and gender-based violence training session at the school in Kingson. Head girl, Jecola Watson (second left) and head boy, Jaheim Pinnock, also observe.

2 months ago EducationInformationNational SecuritySkillsYouth

Students Benefit from Conflict Resolution and Gender-Based Violence Training

Scores of student leaders from Corporate Area high schools have benefited from training in conflict resolution and gender-based violence (GBV). The session, held recently at the Haile Selassie High School, aimed to sensitise the young people about the core concepts of GBV, including how to recognise, distinguish, and respond appropriately to its different forms and to empower them to be...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, looks at damage to a classroom at the Manchester-based Holmwood Technical High School, during a visit to the institution on November 2.

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Gov’t to Make Schools More Resilient to Future Storms

The recovery and rebuilding of the education sector, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, will focus on making school plants more resilient against future storms, says Education, Skills, Youth and Information Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon. Speaking with JIS News during a tour of institutions in Trelawny and St. James on Wednesday (Nov. 12), she said...

Project Lead and Transformation Officer for the Transforming Education for National Development (TREND) Programme, Dr. Venesse Morrison-Leon.

3 months ago EducationInformationSkillsYouth

$9.3 Billion Earmarked to Upgrade Teacher-Training Institutions to Support STEM

A budget of $9.3 billion has been earmarked to upgrade and equip teacher-training institutions to support science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education. Project Lead and Transformation Officer for the Transforming Education for National Development (TREND) Programme in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Venesse Morrison-Leon, made the disclosure at a recent TREND press conference held...